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Common grackle, mating display in Central Park, New York Common grackle in Central Park The breeding habitat is open and semiopen areas across North America east of the Rocky Mountains . The nest is a well-concealed cup in dense trees (particularly pine) or shrubs, usually near water; sometimes, the common grackle nests in cavities or in man ...
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [1] [2] [3] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, 139 species are included in this family.
The great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a medium-sized, highly social passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the family Icteridae , it is one of 10 extant species of grackle and is closely related to the boat-tailed grackle and the extinct slender-billed grackle . [ 2 ]
Yellow-headed blackbird. Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae. The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.
Brewer's blackbird: Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler, 1829) 81 Common grackle: Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) 82 Nicaraguan grackle: Quiscalus nicaraguensis Salvin & Godman, 1891: 83 Carib grackle: Quiscalus lugubris Swainson, 1838: 84 Greater Antillean grackle: Quiscalus niger (Boddaert, 1783) 85 Boat-tailed grackle: Quiscalus major ...
Skeleton of American crow (Museum of Osteology) The following is a list of all currently recognized species within the passerine bird genus Corvus (the crows and ravens).
Jackdaws are two species of bird in the genus Coloeus closely related to, but generally smaller than, crows and ravens . They have a blackish crown, wings, and tail, with the rest of their plumage paler. [2] The word Coloeus is Neo-Latin, from the Ancient Greek for jackdaws: koloiós (κολοιός).
Grackles is the common name of any of 11 species of passerine birds (10 extant and one extinct) native to North and South America. They belong to various genera in the icterid family. In all the species with this name, adult males have black or mostly black plumage.